Look for duplicates fails

From various merges I have done, i have about a thousand(s) duplicates in my address book that I am trying to zap. When I run the look for duplicates feature, it searches for a while but eventually the whole thing crashes. I've tried about 20 different times to run it.
Any advice?
Much appreciated.

Hello Caryn:
The only thing I can think of that might work is to trash a couple of preference files and restart:
com.apple.addressbook.plist
com.apple.addressbook.abd.plist
Barry

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